Absentee ballots available

Absentee ballots are available to voters who will be absent from town or confined to home the day of the State Primary, Sept. 16. All requests for absentee ballots must be in writing and received in the Town Clerk's Office no later than 12 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15. Voters can have the ballots mailed to them or vote at the Clerk's Office. On Sept. 16, polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

A primary is a party election. To participate, a person must be an enrolled voter in any of the four parties: Democrat, Republican, Green-Rainbow or Working Families or an unenrolled (independent) voter. An unenrolled voter must declare a party on the day of the election, and will automatically revert back to the unenrolled status upon casting the ballot.